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'The Ethno-medicinal Plants of North East India' (vol-1) is a reference book focusing on different aspects of medicinal plants traditionally using among the tribal communities at the gross root level/ traditional practicenoers, especially on hilly areas/ North Eastern States of India (Mizoram). The book is divided into 07 chapters, containing information about 100 traditionally used medicinal plant species belonging to 80 Genera, and 52 families. The information were arranged based on their scientific names, author's name, family, common name, local name, habit, locality, description, plant parts used as well as their mode of application for the treatment of various ailments viz., headache, stomach-ache, common cold, malaria, diabetes, blood pressure, cancer, jaundice, epilepsy, skin diseases, cough and fever.
About the author
Dr. Amritesh C. Shukla is Professor & Head, Dept of Horticulture, Aromatic & Medicinal Plants, Mizoram University, India. Recently, he was Visiting Professor at UBC, Canada (2013-14). He obtained D.Phil (1998) & D.Sc Degree (2010) in Botany from University of Allahabad; published around 100 papers/articles & earned US, UK, Japanese & Indian patents
